Federation for American Immigration Reform

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is an "organization of concerned citizens who share a common belief that our nation's immigration policies must be reformed to serve the national interest." FAIR was formed in 1979 by John Tanton, who believed immigration was a significant part of the US population "problem." See RightWeb Profile

FAIR played a significant role in drafting Arizona's controversial SB1070 anti-immigrant law, which has been successfully challenged by the US Department of Justice. According to the FAIR website, "FAIR's legal affiliate, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) assisted [Arizona] Senator Pearce in drafting the language of SB1070.

In 2007, the Southern Poverty Law Center branded FAIR a hate group, stating that:

"The founder, chief ideologue and long-time funder of FAIR [John Tanton] is a racist. Key staff members have ties to white supremacist groups, some are members, and some have spoken at hate group functions. FAIR has accepted more than $1 million from a racist foundation devoted to studies of race and IQ, and to eugenics - the pseudo-science of breeding a better human race that was utterly discredited by the Nazi euthanasia program. It spreads racist conspiracy theories."


 * Executive Director - Dan Stein

Funding
Funders from 1986-2007 included:
 * Carthage Foundation 	$1,954,500
 * F.M. Kirby Foundation 	$645,000
 * John M. Olin Foundation 	$30,000
 * Sarah Scaife Foundation 	$1,075,000
 * Scaife Family Foundation 	$175,000
 * Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation 	$25,000
 * Smith Richardson Foundation 	$65,000
 * William H. Donner Foundation 	$60,000

Front groups
Groups that FAIR has created or funded include "You Don't Speak for Me!", Choose Black America, and Coalition for the Future American Worker.

Board
Accessed September 2010:


 * Roy C. Porter, Chairman
 * Nancy S. Anthony
 * Sharon Barnes
 * Henry M. Buhl, Vice President
 * Douglas E. Caton, Ret., Treasurer
 * Pat Choate
 * Donald Collins, Jr.
 * Sarah G. Epstein, Secretary
 * Frank Morris
 * Stephen B. Swensrud
 * John Tanton
 * Alan Weeden
 * Sidney Swensrud (1900 - 1996) - Chairman, Reserve and Endowment Fund

Directors (2008)
Accessed September 2008:


 * Nancy S. Anthony, Chairman
 * Sharon Barnes
 * Edith Blodgett
 * Henry M. Buhl, Vice President
 * Major General Douglas E. Caton, Ret., Treasurer
 * Pat Choate
 * Donald A. Collins
 * Sarah G. Epstein, Secretary
 * Roy C. Porter
 * Stephen B. Swensrud
 * John Tanton, M.D.
 * Alan Weeden


 * Sidney Swensrud (1900 - 1996) Chairman, Reserve and Endowment Fund

Advisory Board
Accessed September 2008:


 * Hon. Richard Lamm, Co-Chair
 * Hon. Brian Bilbray, Co-Chair
 * Duke Austin
 * Gwat Bhattacharjie
 * Gerda Bikales
 * Dorothy R. Blair
 * J. Bayard Boyle
 * Hugh Brien
 * John Brock
 * Torrey Brown, M.D.
 * Frances Burke, Ph.D.
 * Cleveland Chandler, Ph.D.
 * William W. Chip, Esq.
 * William Collard, Esq.
 * Donald Collins, Jr.
 * Clifford Colwell, M.D.
 * Thomas A. Connolly
 * Jane S. DeLung
 * James R. Dorcy
 * Dino Drudi
 * Carol Dubois
 * Bonnie Erbe
 * Don Feder
 * Robert Gillespie
 * Otis W. Graham, Jr., Ph.D.
 * Frederick W. Guardabassi
 * Joseph R. Guzzardi
 * Lawrence E. Harrison
 * Edward H. Harte
 * Bonnie Hawley
 * Hon. Walter D. Huddleston
 * Diana Hull, Ph.D.
 * Hon. Fred C. Ikle
 * Glenn Jackson
 * Mrs. T.N. Jordan
 * Carol Joyal
 * Alan Kuper, Ph.D.
 * Yeh Ling Ling
 * Henry Luce III
 * Donald Mann
 * Henry Mayer, M.D.
 * Joel McCleary
 * Scott McConnell
 * James G. McDonald, Esq.
 * Helen Milliken
 * Frank Morris, Ph.D.
 * Nita Norman
 * Peter Nuñez
 * Robert D. Park
 * Roy Porter
 * Fred Pinkham, Ed.D.
 * Thor Ramsing
 * Bruce S. Reid
 * Teela Roche
 * Colonel Albert F. Rodriguez, Ret.
 * Charles T. Roth
 * David M. Schippers, Esq.
 * Monica Bell Steensma
 * Joyce Tarnow
 * Max Thelen, Jr.
 * Hon. Curtin Winsor, Jr.
 * Robert Zaitlin, M.D.

Contact

 * Web: http://www.fairus.org

Related SourceWatch articles

 * "You Don't Speak for Me!"
 * Choose Black America
 * Coalition for the Future American Worker

External resources

 * RightWeb on FAIR